but the word of the Lord endures forever. This is the good news that has been proclaimed to you.
Commentaries
1:13 - 1:25
Christian Conduct.
The certainty of the promised good causes Christians to experience their waiting time as a period of salvation and, therefore, a time of joy. And this is not only despite present sufferings but precisely because of them. It is the paradoxical joy of the persecuted mentioned in the Beatitudes (cf. Mt 5:12). “Live soberly” (13) is how the disciple views the conduct of his followers during this waiting period.
Commentaries
Christian Conduct.
The certainty of the promised good causes Christians to experience their waiting time as a period of salvation and, therefore, a time of joy. And this is not only despite present sufferings but precisely because of them. It is the paradoxical joy of the persecuted mentioned in the Beatitudes (cf. Mt 5:12). “Live soberly” (13) is how the disciple views the conduct of his followers during this waiting period.